LG Electronics Gives Beer Lovers the Chills

It’s the classic dilemma – how do you chill a lukewarm can of beer or bottle of wine and do it quickly? The common answer is to stick it in the freezer and wait about 30 minutes. But this system is not without its faults as anyone who has ever pulled a frozen, deformed can out of the fridge knows all too well.

LG Electronics

A new refrigerator feature from LG Electronics called the Blast Chiller promises to cool drinks in five minutes.

Enter the Blast Chiller – a new feature in LG Electronics Inc.’s premium refrigerators available later this year – which promises to turn that room-temperature 12-ounce can brew (or soda) frosty in five minutes. Want to chill a bottle of wine? Eight minutes. It’s the same amount of time to cool two cans at the same time.

LG said the new technology blasts the cans with icy-cold air gusts with the power of a jet engine. (This is not a joke.) In order to ensure that ice crystals don’t form, the system gently swirls the cans while the cold air blows.

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